Chapter 13

Question 1

Policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war

Answer 1

Militarism

Question 2

Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

Answer 2

Triple Alliance

Question 3

Man who forced Bismarck to resign

Answer 3

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Question 4

Alliance made by Britain with France and Russia

Answer 4

Triple Entente

Question 5

Plan that stated a large part of the German army would race west, to defeat France, and then return to fight Russia in the east

Answer 5

Schlieffen Plan

Question 6

Side were Germany and Austria-Hungary

Answer 6

Central Powers

Question 7

Side including Great Britain, France, Russia

Answer 7

Allies

Question 8

The deadlocked region in northern France

Answer 8

Western front

Question 9

Warfare were soldiers fought each other from trenches

Answer 9

Trench warfare

Question 10

Area that was a stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border

Answer 10

Eastern front

Question 11

A German submarine sunk the British passenger ship Lusitania

Answer 11

Unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 12

Countries developed all their resources to the war effort

Answer 12

Total war

Question 13

People could only buy small amounts of those items that were also needed for the war effort

Answer 13

Rationing

Question 14

One sided information designed to persuade

Answer 14

Propaganda

Question 15

An agreement to stop fighting

Answer 15

Armistice

Question 16

President of the United States in this time

Answer 16

Woodrow Wilson

Question 17

Leader of France

Answer 17

Georges Clemenceau

Question 18

Leader of Great Britain

Answer 18

David Lloyd George

Question 19

Series of proposals: a plan for achieving a just and lasting peace

Answer 19

Fourteen Points

Question 20

Allowing people to decide for themselves under what government they wished to live

Answer 20

Self-determination

Question 21

Treaty between Germany and allied powers that was signed on June 28, 1919

Answer 21

Treaty of Versailles

Question 22

League was to be an international association whose goal would be to keep peace among nations

Answer 22

League of Nations

Question 23

How did nationalism, Imperialism, and militarism help set up the stage for World War I?

Answer 23

Nationalism can serve as a unifying force within a country. Imperialism in their sense of rivalry and mistrust of one another deepened. Militarism is having military power and keeping an army prepared for war.

Question 24

Why were the Balkans known as the powder keg of Europe?

Answer 24

The Balkans was known as the “powder keg of Europe” because they had a long history of nationalists uprising and ethic clashes.

Question 25

Why was the first battle of the Marne considered so significant?

Answer 25

The first battle of the Marne was considered so significant because Germans left the Schieffen plan in ruins and a quick victory in the west no longer seemed possible.

Question 26

Where was the western front? The eastern front?

Answer 26

The Western Front deadlocked the region in northern France. The Eastern Front is the stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border.

Question 27

What were the characteristics of trench warfare?

Answer 27

Characteristics of trench warfare are: muddy, terrain covered with bodies, soldiers fighting in terrible conditions, rats, depression, rain, and soldiers full of rain.

Question 28

What was the purpose of the Gallipoli campaign?

Answer 28

The purpose of the Galipoli Campaign was a strategic attempt to open a sea route to the Black Sea to aid Russia in WW1. To do this the Allies had to secure the seaway from land based artillery.

Question 29

What factors promoted the United States to enter the war?

Answer 29

The factor that prompted the United States to enter the war because of Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. Germany sunk the British passenger ship Lusitania, killing 125 Americans, and Germany asked mexico to attack the US.

Question 30

In what ways was World War I a total war?

Answer 30

A total war is one in which the entire resources and population of a nation are utilized to fight the enemy army.

Question 31

What was the purpose of the League of Nations?

Answer 31

The purpose of the League of Nations was to be an international association to keep peace among the nations.

Question 32

What was the mandate system, and why did it leave many groups feeling betrayed?

Answer 32

The Mandate System was meant to prepare the "natives" of various regions for self-government. Some felt left-out because it granted mandates to only some regions